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Mary T. Martin Sloop
Medical missonary
Mary T. Martin Sloop (March 9, – January 13, ) was instrumental to the improvement of healthcare and education in the mountains of North Carolina.
Mary martin sloop biography for kids
She is most notable for founding, expanding, and developing the Crossnore School, serving as director until In , Sloop published Miracle in the Hills, her autobiography detailing her lifelong efforts in medicine and education reform.
Early life
Sloop was born in Davidson, North Carolina on March 9, She pursued her college education from both Statesville Female College and Davidson College. Although she sought to pursue a medical degree from North Carolina Medical Institute in Davidson, her gender barred her from studying anatomy there.
She ended up receiving her degree from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in [1] Sloop had aspirations to complete missionary work outside of the United States, but served as a medical missionary in the mountains of North